Only the star cruises in this thriller

Tom Cruise stars as Jason Bourne...err, I mean James Bond...strike that, Jack Reacher, in an
action movie with the same name.

For those who don't know the title character, Jack Reacher is the protagonist in a series of
books by British scribe Lee Child. Tom Cruise brings his dynamic acting chops to the role, and he
might need it, as Jack Reacher is a big character that belies Cruise's bantamweight frame.

"His acting is easily dismissed when not experienced in a while. Yet it automatically gives a
certain lift to a routine thriller," LaSalle said.

Treading on familiar ground, Judd Apatow's
This Is 40 follows the formula that made
The 40-Year-Old Virgin and
Knocked Upsmash hits. Unfortunately for Apatow, the embarrassing autobiographical comedy
schtick might be wearing a little thin.

Starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann as the same characters they played in
Knocked Up,
This Is 40 sees the characters entering middle age.

While great comic performances and funny tangents populate the movie, the elements don't succeed
like previous Apatow outings, according to
Dispatch critic Melissa Starker.

"...As a whole, Apatow’s latest has a messiness more lackadaisical than organic, and it’s
uncomfortable in a way that can be irritating, even troubling," Starker said in her review.